Deputies and investigators were called to Florida Hospital Fish Memorial after Michael Blevins, 37, checked into the hospital saying he discovered a bullet wound in his arm days after cleaning his gun.

Blevins told authorities he was cleaning his .22 caliber pistol in his home Thursday, holding the weapon close to his chest so his dog would not go near it. He stood up and felt a sharp pain in his lower back from a prior injury.

According to the police report, he fell face down on the floor when the gun must have gone off.

When the man, who was home alone and wearing a long-sleeve, black shirt, came to, did not notice the injury to his left arm and went about his normal routine until Saturday morning.

On Saturday, he changed shirts and notice bloodstains on his previous attire as well as the wound in his arm, which had cauterized.